ASCCA - What You Need to Know - September 11, 2018

Thank you to our Corporate Partners!

September 11, 2018 - In This Issue:

ASCCA Announces New Program to Fund First-Time Team Weekend Attendees

NBC San Diego: Auto Mechanic Shortage Leads Cuyamaca College To Add New Degree

Registration Open for ASCCA's September Team Weekend, Sept. 7-9

Countertop Display Contest for 2018 - Animal Week!

November Team Weekend Education Event

Exclusive ESI Training Course and All Proceeds Go to ASCCA!

Educational Seminars Institute Special Offer

Discussion Group on Facebook

Automotive Aftermarket Industry Legislative Fly-In - April 23, 2019

Chapter Events

Featured Remarkable Results Radio Podcast

ASCCA September Team Weekend Recap

This past weekend, ASCCA leaders, members, corporate partners, and guests gathered in Southern California for a special three-day Team Weekend.

ASCCA Degree Program-An Education Pathway

The meeting began Friday at Cuyamaca College for a special event marking the launch of the ASCCA Degree Program-An Education Pathway. The event marked the culmination of years of hard work by San Diego's Chapter 24 to establish an ASCCA automotive training degree, which will not only help students looking for a career in independent automotive repair, but ASCCA members looking for new techs to work in their shops.

Continue reading the recap.

NBC San Diego: Auto Mechanic Shortage Leads Cuyamaca College To Add New Degree

The ASCCA's new degree program was featured on NBC San Diego recently:

The Automotive Service Councils of California Associate of Science Degree program is the first of its kind in California. Cuyamaca College is adding a new associates degree that partners with local, independent repair shops to address a shortage of qualified auto mechanics.

Read the rest of this article and view the video.

Registration Open for ASCCA's November Team Weekend, Nov. 17-18

Join us in Sacramento for the November Team Weekend. Registration is now open.

Embassy Suites Sacramento Riverfront Promenade
100 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814

Click here to read more and register online.

ASCCA 2018 Countertop Display Contest - Animal Week Ends Tonight!

Extended until tonight, September 11, at Midnight!

An extra point will be given to all entries that feature an animal (real, toy, etc.) in the photo. Even if you have already submitted an entry, you can do so again for another point.

This bonus point opportunity will only last until tonight at midnight, so get your first or second entry in today!

If this is your first photo it will be worth 3 points if you include an animal. If it is your second it will be worth 2 points.

Send all photos and questions to rking@amgroup.us. After sending them in, feel free to post them in the ASCCA Discussion Group on Facebook.

Thank you to the three new entries below from Hull Automotive in Pasadena, Modesti's Independent Repair in Culver City, and Twin Peaks Auto Service in Twin Peaks.

November Team Weekend Education Event for All ASCCA Members

Saturday, November 17 with Bogi Lateiner

1:00pm-4:00pm - Setting Your Shop Apart

Attract the right customers by knowing your WHY
Develop and align your company's mission, values and ideal customers
How to create fanatical fans of your shop
Low-cost marketing techniques
Turn your shop into a destination by creating a comprehensive "Customer Experience"
Build a referral machine
Utilizing Social Media
Creative ways to get people talking about you

4:00pm-5:00pm - Women in Automotive

Why you want them
The benefits for your business
The benefits for your customers
Why it matters in the bigger picture of our industry and its future
How to achieve it

Click here to view the flyer .

Exclusive ESI Training Courses and All Proceeds Go to ASCCA!

We have an exciting offer for ASCCA Members!

ASCCA and ESi have partnered together to offer an exclusive class where the entire registration fee will go directly to supporting the ASCCA!

Southern California Class

Managing People and Shop Communication.

Saturday, October 13 | 9:00 - 4:30pm

Modesti's Car Care Center, 12121 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

Click here for more info
Click here to register

Northern California Class Canceled

~~Saturday, September 15 | 9:00 - 4:30pm~~

ASCCA Member Exclusive Offer!

ASCCA Partners with Educational Seminars Institute (ESi) Again to Bring You

Special Course Offerings in 2017!

S eminar courses are normally $149.95. ASCCA members pay only $95 per attendee -- a savings of almost $55 per class! Service writer courses are normally $1,795. ASCCA members pay only $995 per attendee!

Click here to take advantage of this offer.

ASCCA Discussion Group on Facebook

The ASCCA has a group for member-to-member communication on Facebook. Join and start a conversation with other members today!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1155251394612428/

Automotive Aftermarket Industry Legislative Fly-In - April 23, 2019

The Automotive Aftermarket Industry is joining together for a Legislative Fly-In! Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with others in the industry. Fill out this registration form and make your travel arrangements. Reservations will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Past speakers have included: Chief, Bureau of Automotive Repair; Governor's Small Business Advocate; Governor's Economic Adviser; Chair, Select Committee on Career Technical Education & Workforce Development; Chair, Senate Transportation & Housing Committee.

Click here to read more and register.

Upcoming ASCCA Chapter Events

September 12: Chapters 12 and 42 Meetings

September 13: Chapters 6 and 25 Meetings

Featured Remarkable Results Radio Podcast -
Bruno Tabbi And The Power of a Vanity Phone Number

Bruno Tabbi is President and Co-Founder at Ignition Toll-Free, where he focuses on premium vanity phone numbers including 1-800-MECHANIC. He has created several successful networks around vanity phone numbers and is one of the top vanity phone number consultants in the country.